Car and Driver magazine on Carroll Shelby

[Excaliber]

How ironic, Shelby wanted people to stop using the Cobra emblem on there replicas. In protest I got as many "Cobra" emblems, stickers and stuff to place all over my car as I could find!

Now, in protest, I must remove the stuff so as not to be to closely aligned with him during the current war. Some legacy indeed...

The good news: Be proud of your ride for what it is, not for what it might pretend to be. If it's a Classic Roadster, thats cool. I love my old Excalibur and am thrilled with my ERA, I enjoy my friends hard work on his FFR, good looking machine and he's rightfully proud of it. Bring 'em on! Maybe I'll put some ERA badges and emblems on mine!

[JWheaton]

Ya gotta wonder with the list of items mentioned in that article how much ol' CS actually spends on Lawyers and such. Must eat into his profits pretty deep.

[BDHE]

Originally Posted by JWheaton

Ya gotta wonder with the list of items mentioned in that article how much ol' CS actually spends on Lawyers and such. Must eat into his profits pretty deep.

Not to offend any cobra folks that may be lawyers (the fact you have a cobra automatically makes you a fine, upstanding individual), but the fact is, lawyers get paid to litigate. It just might be that Shelby Inc. has a few too many on retainer.

Someone mention that Mr. S has a right to protect his legacy. OK, maybe so -- I won't dispute that we're entitled to say what our name goes on. But I'm wondering what that "legacy" would have been today without the direct efforts of SAAC, and an enduring group of people willing to spend a significant amount of money to put a cobra on the street.

People are talking about taking the "Shelby" and "cobra" badging off of their cars in protest. Another long-time owner refered to his car as an "AC replica". Why? It all seems to point back to the destructive activities of Shelby Inc. It's as if they're only concerned with drawing off as much profit as possible in the short term, with no concern for the real "legacy" -- the lasting popularity of the cars.

Damn, I hate this.

[RICK LAKE]

Jamo we have had other threads about CS and the thread was closed. This one needs the same thing done. Rick L.

[dblbarrel]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

How ironic, Shelby wanted people to stop using the Cobra emblem on there replicas. In protest I got as many "Cobra" emblems, stickers and stuff to place all over my car as I could find!

Now, in protest, I must remove the stuff so as not to be to closely aligned with him during the current war. Some legacy indeed...

The good news: Be proud of your ride for what it is, not for what it might pretend to be. If it's a Classic Roadster, thats cool. I love my old Excalibur and am thrilled with my ERA, I enjoy my friends hard work on his FFR, good looking machine and he's rightfully proud of it. Bring 'em on! Maybe I'll put some ERA badges and emblems on mine!

Ex, I thought Ford owns the cobra name.
Please correct me if I am wrong.